Rock Rounding in a Variety of Environments (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Rock Rounding in a Variety of Environments

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New findings from a University of Pennsylvania-led team show that the shape of rocks and similar particles evolves according to the same mathematical principle, no matter whether the particle is a stone in a river, a grain of sand in a dune or a pebble on an ocean beach.

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University of Pennsylvania and Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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